McGregor, who won the first bout against Holloway in 2013, has not fought in the Octagon since July 2021., Conor McGregor returns to the Octagon for the first time in five years when he faces Max Holloway in a five-round welterweight main event on Saturday night at UFC 329, closingContinue Reading
Contested calls and rival flags showed how Palestine now shapes debates over power and fairness in sport., Tuesday’s round-of-16 FIFA World Cup match between Egypt and Argentina in Atlanta was perhaps both the tournament’s most controversial game and its most politically consequential. After going up 1-0 against the defending champions,Continue Reading
Another forecast, another reminder that ad spend is running its own race, economy be damned…Continue Reading
Gaza’s young graduates face sky-high unemployment as Israel’s war devastates job market., Nuseirat, Gaza Strip – Rawan al-Jabali is sitting, staring at her laptop screen, silently following a link to a job advertisement posted online. The internet is weak in the camp for displaced people she has come to workContinue Reading
Bodies found in cars as deadly Spain wildfire kills at least 12, Bodies found in cars as deadly Spain wildfire kills at least 12 NewsFeed A wildfire has killed at least 12 people in southern Spain, where some of the victims were found in vehicles. A prolonged heatwave has fueledContinue Reading
Thailand and the European Union have concluded eight more negotiating items in their latest free trade agreement (FTA) talks, a key step toward finalising the long-awaited pact, Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun said…Continue Reading
commentary Working-class candidates like Minnesota’s Kaela Berg and Montana’s Sam Forstag are focusing on blue-collar issues Published July 9, 2026 12:25PM (EDT) Graham Platner ( Laura Brett/Getty Images) Graham Platner has mercifully concluded his time was up on Wednesday evening. In an 11-minute video, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the U.S.Continue Reading
HOUSTON — In the days after federal agents shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis, tens of thousands of people flooded that city’s streets in protest. When agents shot Alex Pretti to death three weeks later, the crowds exceeded 50,000 people. But the immediate fallout in Houston looked entirely differentContinue Reading
Syria will soon no longer carry the scarlet letter of being a state sponsor of terrorism in the world. Losing that title, now carried by just a handful of countries, will open up a literal world of economic opportunities for Syria’s new government that it hasn’t seen since the 1970s. Continue Reading
Recent discussion of artificial intelligence in intelligence analysis has consistently framed the technology as a means of accelerating an existing process. The intelligence cycle (collection, processing, analysis, production, dissemination) remains the implicit organizing schema, with AI cast as something used to drive its stages faster, increase resource efficiency, or widenContinue Reading
The late-June 2026 death of Sergei B. Ivanov – the man once thought the most likely successor to Vladimir Putin – as well as the Russian President’s age, his rumored health problems, and the discontent over the economic impact of his disastrous invasion of Ukraine; have renewed speculation over when,Continue Reading
Ukraine’s air defenses achieved an 89% interception rate in June, but only 40% against ballistic missiles. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported that of 6,000 Russian attack drones and missiles launched in June, air defense intercepted 5,300. The performance follows a documented trend. Ukraine climbed to 90% interception in March 2026 asContinue Reading
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told journalists at the recent briefing that eight countries may join Freya, Ukraine’s own ballistic-missile interceptor project, per Ukrinform. He added that if allies supported the initiative, it would be “a big help and breakthrough for Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex. The Freya missile itself is Ukrainian production, butContinue Reading